Identification device



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May 26, 1942.

Patented May 26, 1942 'UNITED STTS PATENT OFFICE IDENTIFICATION DEVICE Salvatore Arico, New Orleans, La.

Application May 14, 1941, Serial No. 393,440

1 Claim.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in personal identification devices and more particularly to a personally carried identication device which can be issued by a national organization and the data on which will be kept in duplicate by the headquarters of said national organization.

Another important object of the invention is to provide identiiication device wherein the items of identification are ribboned or corded and sealed in a manner that will prohibit alteration without observable mutilation.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent to the reader of the following specification.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 represents a front elevational View of the identication device.

Figure 2 is a back edge elevational View.

Figure 3 is a plan view looking at the identication device in open position.

Figure 4 is a section on the line 4 4 of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a plan view of the pattern of the sheet assembly.

Referring to the drawings, wherein like nu-V merals designate like parts, it can be seen that the identiiication device consists of a back structure made up of the swingable section 5 6 swingable from a folded portion 'I in which three openings 3, 9 and I0 are located.

A peculiarly constructed sheet assembly is provided for the booklet and this consists Of an elongated sheet generally referred to by numeral II which is notched inwardly at its side edge portions as at I2, I2. A fold line I3 is made between the notched portions I2, I2. This divides the sheet into a pair of areas each of which has a transverse fold line I4 along which are openings 8a, 9a and Illa. These fold lines I4 divide the aforesaid areas into page sections I5, I6, II and I 8.

It can now be seen that the area consisting of the sections I5 and I6 are disposed over the sections I l and I8 and a cord or ribbon I9 is trained through the openings 8, 9 and Ill of the back structure and also through the openings 8a 9a and Illa. A photographZD is now slipped between the page sections I6 and I'I after it has been formed with openings 2I and 22 and the cord or ribbon is trained through these openings 2| and 22 and through corresponding openings Zla and 22a in the page section I 'I. A knot is tied in the ends of the thus trained and perhaps somewhere else knotted cord orq ribbon I 9 and the tail portions a, b are disposed across the lower portion of the page section I6 with a deposit of sealing wax 23 disposed thereover and impressed with a suitable seal 24, preferably of the national identification bureau that issues these identification devices. The photograph is visible through the rectangular-shaped opening 25 in the page section I6.

Obviously, the page sections can be lined and I printed for the collection of desired information and it is preferably that an area 26 be set asid for the fingerprint 21.

While the foregoing specication sets forth the invention in specific terms, it is to be understood that numerous changes in the shape, size and materials may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed hereinafter.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new 1s:

An identication device comprising a foldable book back having openings therein spaced along said fold, a leaf forming assembly in said back comprising a sheet folded centrally to provide leaf forming sections each folded centrally to provide a pair of leaves, the sections being provided with openings spaced along the folds thereof for registration with the openings of said back, a fiexible tie member threaded through said openings to bind the sheets to said back, said member tying a pair of said leaves together in superposed relation, and one leaf of said pair being provided with a sight opening therein, an identication panel interposed between said pair of leaves for viewing through said sight opening, and having openings therethrough, said tie member being threaded through the openings in said panel, and a seal securing the ends of said tie member to one of said leaves.

' SALVATORE ARICO. 

